TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Senate unanimously passed a bill to expand access to job counseling services for Gold Star and surviving spouses.

The organization that brought the Gold Star families to the White House said none have fallen ill since the event. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Fox News Digital spoke with Darin Hoover, the Gold Star father of Taylor Hoover, who died on Aug. 26, 2021, while serving his country in Afghanistan.

Rebecca Toner, another Gold Star mother who lives at the Manor, was unavailable for the get-together last week. She is the mother of Navy Lt. Francis Toner IV, killed on Sept. 23, 2011 in Afghanistan.

"Gold Star mother:" It's a distinction that no mother wants, but one that many of them wear proudly. ... "It's my job to stand in that gap left by his loss and be that advocate for them," she says.

A major in the U.S. Army Reserves and financial counselor with the Army is facing several criminal charges for allegedly defrauding Gold Star families, the Justice Department announced. Caz Craffy ...

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson approved a recommendation by the Women’s Committee of National Defenses to wear a black armband with a gold star — an update on traditional signs of mourning.

With Gold Star Dirt, a nonprofit Sherman launched last year, he has traveled some 50,000 miles and recorded the memories of fallen soldiers as told by their families in all 50 states.